Chu Xuan went all the way to the Night King's Palace, while Lu Yanluo was also hurriedly leaving the palace to look for someone.

Just a quarter of an hour ago, Lu Yanluo received a letter from Kong Chenyang. The letter was full of warnings, telling her not to meddle in other people's business. It also told her the location of Chu Xuan and asked her to send someone to look for him.

Lu Yanluo was skeptical, but it was true that Chu Xuan had not returned home after the morning court session. At first, Lu Yanluo thought that Chu Xuan had gone out to arrange something secretly, so he did not come back, but now she had to think of the worst.

Gathering everyone in the mansion, Lu Yanluo led them quickly to the location mentioned in Kong Chenyang's letter.

Unexpectedly, just a dozen miles out of the city, they ran into Chu Xuan and Shen He who were riding horses at full speed.

Lu Yanluo tightened the reins and stopped. When Chu Xuan approached, the two returned to the palace together.

In the study, Chu Xuan told Lu Yanluo what happened after he was kidnapped, and handed it to her together with the official list he stole from Kong Chenyang.

"Kong Chenyang collected this stuff everywhere. I'm afraid he wants to use this evidence to threaten the officials on the list and make them obey him."

【cunning!】

Lu Yanluo pondered for a moment and said, "Why don't we strike first?"

Chu Xuan smiled suddenly and praised: "It's just what I want."

On the second day, the Night Prince's Palace sent out invitations to the families of all ministers to have a small gathering at the palace. Chu Xuan had just been scolded by the emperor, and he made this move. For a while, everyone in the court was speculating.

But since the Night King had a mouth, no one dared to risk his face, so they just decided to just interact between women, and everyone accepted the invitation and left.

But this was destined to be a Hongmen Banquet. On that day, the women came with great joy, but ultimately returned in a hurry and disappointed.

Outside the gate of the Night Prince's Mansion, Lu Yanluo smiled faintly as she escorted the families of the court officials out of the mansion.

"When you go back, be sure not to drop the things in your hands. This is a matter of life and death. If you are not careful, your family members will..."

Lu Yanluo hadn't finished her words, but everyone knew what she meant next. The family members all had different expressions on their faces and hurriedly said goodbye and left.

If they don't leave now, I'm afraid their legs will be so weak that they won't be able to walk if they continue talking.

Half an hour ago, Lu Yanluo came in front of everyone with a brocade box in her hands, smiling. Amidst everyone's puzzled gazes, she opened the box. Inside were booklets that recorded the shameful things that happened in the homes of everyone present.

Lu Yanluo sent someone to hand the booklet to everyone one by one. She said nothing, but just sat quietly on the side, looking at everyone's faces with different expressions, but smiling without saying a word.

One of the women looked at Lu Yanluo with a guilty conscience and asked fearfully, "What does Princess Ye mean by this? Could it be that you invited us to your house today just for this?"

Lu Yanluo chuckled, picked up the teacup beside her and took a sip, then said with lowered eyes, "Of course it's not just for this. In fact, these things came into the hands of my prince by chance. The prince said that all the ministers are the backbone of the Tianji Dynasty. There must be someone with ulterior motives who maliciously fabricated these things."

Upon hearing this, the family members immediately breathed a sigh of relief, but before they could even breathe a sigh of relief, Lu Yanluo's next words made them break into a cold sweat again.

Lu Yanluo was seen calmly fiddling with a string of agate pendants in her hand, which Chu Xuan had given her to play with in the morning.

"My prince said that people will always make mistakes sometimes. It doesn't matter if you make a mistake. What's important is to have good eyesight and be able to tell who to work for. That will benefit you. Don't you agree?"

Lu Yanluo's words seemed unrelated, but in fact they were a warning to everyone: I have the evidence of your guilt in my hands. I don't intend to report you, but you have to do something for me.

The women present had been fighting in the inner house all their lives, so who could not fail to understand this kind of verbal wit? But at this moment, everyone could only pretend not to understand and cater to Lu Yanluo.

"Well, our Night Palace's greetings have been delivered to you. I believe you are all anxious to return home, so I will not keep you any longer. The prince and I will wait for your good news."

The banquet ended in a hurry, but none of the invited guests dared to complain. They all walked quickly and returned home anxiously.

The ministers were wondering why the banquet ended so quickly.

But when the woman took out the things she brought back from the Night King's Palace, all the officials were dumbfounded.

This night is destined to be a sleepless night for many people.

Early the next morning, there was a knock on the door of Prince Ye's Mansion. Chu Xuan had expected this and was waiting for everyone in the study.

The officials were very cautious, fearing that they would anger Chu Xuan and bring disaster upon themselves.

Chu Xuan didn't beat around the bush and said directly, "You must be curious about where I got those things, right? Actually, it's okay to tell you that all the evidence was found by me from the parents of historian Kong Chenyang."

"What? Kong Chenyang! He..."

"Why does he want to investigate you?" Chu Xuan interrupted everyone's exclamations and said directly: "Because he wants to use these things to threaten you to work for him. Kong Chenyang's real name is A Hongshan, and he is a spy lurking in Tianji from Tatuo. The king wants to get rid of him, but he has no evidence. So I invited you here today to help me reveal Kong Chenyang's identity to the world."

Although the court officials were shocked by Kong Chenyang's identity, they were willing to obey Chu Xuan's orders. First, they had evidence in Chu Xuan's hands and dared not refuse. Second, they also wanted to get rid of Kong Chenyang. Since he was secretly investigating everyone, there was no guarantee that he did not have other evidence in his hands. Only by getting rid of him could they solve the problem once and for all.

Everyone quickly reached a consensus and was willing to follow Chu Xuan's arrangements to deal with Kong Chenyang together.

It happened that Hezhou was hit by a drought, and the emperor brought up the matter during the morning court session, hoping that the ministers could come up with a solution to resolve the crisis in Hezhou.

The people who were originally talking excitedly looked at each other, and no one spoke. When the emperor was about to get angry, Chu Xuan stood up and said, "I heard that Hezhou is Lord Kong's hometown. Lord Kong has lived in Hezhou for so long, so he must know a lot about Hezhou. Why don't you ask Lord Kong to tell you about it?"

The emperor nodded upon hearing this: "Yes, Kong Chenyang has come from Hezhou. Tell me, what is your plan for this drought?"

Kong Chenyang gritted his teeth secretly. He had never been to Hezhou and was not familiar with the place. How could he come up with any feasible solution in such a short time? He had a hunch that Chu Xuan did it on purpose.

Kong Chenyang hesitated for a long time before saying, "Why not just ask the prefecture government to open its warehouses and release grain to help the victims?"

"Mr. Kong is wrong!" An official stood up and said, "Hezhou's tap water source is not abundant. Mr. Kong came from Hezhou, how could he not know this?"